#345Dependency chain painpoints

Dep chain requirements are very gnome specific and unforgiving of non-gnome users.

= Overview =

Some meetings we've had with the spins group as part of the SWG board subgroup showed that a common pain point is the dep changes that pull gnome packages in. We weren't sure about the technical problems or any possible solutions

= Problem space =

When the spins make CDs and things, they often have to rely on comps for things. Some dep chains are pretty crazy, the example given in our SWG meeting was system-config-keyboard

= Solution Overview =

We have no idea, but since it was a common pain point we wanted to make sure to present it to FESCo for discussion.

= Active Ingredients =

This would probably impact whoever controls comps the most and possibly the packagers of some of those core packages.

= Owners =

I'll own it but I might pass it off to a spin maker since it actually impacts them, I'm more of a messenger.

I have a series of patches for the comps to help reduce dependencies. I'm still looking as it seems the standard F-14 gnome desktop requires +4Gb (it won't install on my eeePC 901) where F-13 I could install gnome/moblin/sugar in that space and have nearly a gig to spare. Do I attach the comps patches here for review?